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Property consultancy JLL has appointed a new director to its Scottish investment team. Andrew Shiells will join JLL as director within its capital markets team following five years with Lambert Smith Hampton.

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group is to keep the pressure on political parties to tackle late payment amidst a deteriorating picture of payment abuse and insolvencies in the construction industry. The trade body has said it will write to all parties the day after next month’s

A strategic plan to deliver more than 500 affordable homes in Angus over the next five years has been approved by councillors. The aspiring Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) was developed by Angus Council in partnership with housing associations and the Angus Health and Social Care Partnershi

Graeme Nicholls Architects along with clients Home Group in Scotland and Merchant Homes Partnerships are celebrating this week after their Ashtree Road development won two prizes at the prestigious 2019 AJ Architecture Awards. As well as picking up the prize for the best ‘Housing Project (up t

The St Andrews office of Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has appointed David Marr as associate partner to head up its residential department with immediate effect. Pittenweem resident Marr brings with him an unrivalled expertise of the local property market to the post.

Planners have encouraged councillors on Aberdeen City Council’s planning committee to approve an application for around 258 homes along the River Dee. Aberdeen Harbour Board applied for planning permission to build eight tower blocks between four and seven storeys tall on the south side of the

Kirkintilloch has been named the winner of the FutureTown Design Competition after securing more than half of the public votes for its ‘Giant Phone Box’ project. A sketch of the design proposal submitted by John Dickson

A team of landscapers has teamed up with a commercial nursery to supply plants and complete the soft landscape contract element of the enabling works for the new £163.7 million hospital and cancer treatment centre in Aberdeen.

Fife Council has approved plans to demolish the Glenwood Centre building in Glenrothes and make sure current occupiers will be found new homes.  The local authority took control of the dilapidated shopping centre when compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) were issued for the privately-owned fl

Ambassador Homes has announced that it will bring townhouse living to the market in Pollokshaws with the development of 17 homes on the site of a former laundry at Wellmeadow Road. The developer has said that the development will feature a selection of bespoke three and four-bedroom townhouses desig

Global real estate advisor CBRE has announced a total of thirteen promotions across its Scottish teams. In the Edinburgh office, Steven Hirst from the valuation and advisory services team has been promoted to senior director, while Caroline Tomczyk who works in lease consultancy and Alistair Wright

Bill Bruce, the founder of Aberdeenshire housebuilder Scotia Homes, has died aged 86. Ellon-born and bred, Mr Bruce was directly involved in the construction and sale of 20,000 homes across Scotland. Throughout his long career he worked to fulfil his dream that everyone should be able to own a home.

The Law Society of Scotland’s Planning Law Sub-Committee is inviting Scottish solicitors and interested stakeholders to share their views on the subject of planning obligations under section 75 (Planning Obligations) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. 

Balfour Beatty is on track to deliver another year of profitable managed growth with profit predicted to be slightly ahead of expectations, the group said today. In a trading update covering the period to 11 December 2019, the contractor said full-year group revenue is expected to be up 5% on 2018&r

Amey has announced the appointment of Amanda Fisher as acting CEO. Ms Fisher is the current managing director of the facilities management, defence and justice (FMDJ) business at Amey and will replace Andy Milner, who is leaving the company after a long career and almost four years in the role of ch